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           Ithadactedquiteunbelievablyinthatwell-orderedlaboratory;doingnothingatallandshewingnooccludedgaseswhenheatedoncharcoal,beingwhollynegativeintheboraxbead,andsoonprovingitselfabsolutelynon-volatileatanyproducibletemperature,includingthatoftheoxy-hydrogenblowpipe.Onananvilitappearedhighlymalleable,andinthedarkitsluminositywasverymarked.Stubbornlyrefusingtogrowcool,itsoonhadthecollegeinastateofrealexcitement;andwhenuponheatingbeforethespectroscopeitdisplayedshiningbandsunlikeanyknowncoloursofthenormalspectrumtherewasmuchbreathlesstalkofnewelements,bizarreopticalproperties,andotherthingswhichpuzzledmenofsciencearewonttosaywhenfacedbytheunknown.

           Hotasitwas,theytesteditinacruciblewithalltheproperreagents.Waterdidnothing.Hydrochloricacidwasthesame.Nitricacidandevenaquaregiamerelyhissedandspatteredagainstitstorridinvulnerability.Ammihaddifficultyinrecallingallthesethings,butrecognisedsomesolventsasImentionedthemintheusualorderofuse.Therewereammoniaandcausticsoda,alcoholandether,nauseouscarbondisulphideandadozenothers;butalthoughtheweightgrewsteadilylessastimepassed,andthefragmentseemedtobeslightlycooling,therewasnochangeinthesolventstoshewthattheyhadattackedthesubstanceatall.Itwasametal,though,beyondadoubt.Itwasmagnetic,foronething;andafteritsimmersionintheacidsolventsthereseemedtobefainttracesoftheWidmannstättenfiguresfoundonmeteoriciron.

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